Canelo Alvarez next fight: Mexican superstar to face William Scull to unify four divisional titles in May

Scull was an Alvarez mandatory challenger last year that he chose not to face

The first fight of Saul "Canelo" Alvarez's four-fight deal with Riyadh Season is set, according to Turki Alalshikh. Alalshikh announced on X that Alvarez, who holds the WBA, WBO and WBC super middleweight titles will face IBF champion William Scull on May 3.

Scull became champion in October with a unanimous decision win over Vladimir Shishkin. The title was available to be won after the IBF stripped Alvarez in September for failing to make face their mandatory challenger, who just so happened to be Scull. Alvarez instead fought Edgar Berlanga.

Cuban-born Scull has been perfect as a professional, piling up 23 wins with nine coming by stoppage. He was not viewed as an appealing challenger by Alvarez -- or most fans -- late last year but the idea of Alvarez becoming undisputed champion at super middleweight for a second time had enough appeal this time around, especially with the spectre of bigger fights on his new Riyadh Season deal looming.